Andropogon

Contains 17 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Andropogon L.
POACEAE
BLUESTEM
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Plastome data place species of Andropogon sect. Leptopogon in a clade rather distant from Andropogon s.str. (McAllister et al. 2018), and thus nearly all species (except A. gerardii) occurring in Florida have been moved to the genus Anatherum (Vorontsova et al. 2023).
Classification
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POALES
Andropogon
Citation
ANDROPOGON Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1045. 1753, nom. cons.
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TYPE: Andropogon distachyos Linnaeus, typ. cons.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Andropogon brachystachyus Shortspike Bluestem Native Rare-State S1 (State Rank)
Andropogon campbellii Deceptive Bluestem Native Rare-State S3 (State Rank)
Andropogon capillipes Dryland White Bluestem Native
Andropogon cretaceus Chalky Bluestem Native S4 (State Rank)
Andropogon dealbatus Wetland White Bluestem Native Rare-State S3S4 (State Rank)
Andropogon gerardi Big Bluestem, Turkeyfoot Native S4 (State Rank)
Andropogon glomeratus Common Bushy Bluestem Native S5 (State Rank)
Andropogon gyrans Elliott’s Bluestem Native S5 (State Rank)
Andropogon hirsutior Hairy Bluestem Native S4 (State Rank)
Andropogon longiberbis Longbeard Bluestem Native Rare-State S1 (State Rank)
Andropogon mohrii Tawny Bluestem, Bog Bluestem Native Rare-State S2 (State Rank)
Andropogon perangustatus Narrow-leaved Bluestem Native Rare-State S2 (State Rank)
Andropogon subtenuis Nash's Bluestem Native SU (State Rank)
Andropogon tenuispatheus Maritime Bushy Bluestem Native S5 (State Rank)
Andropogon ternarius Splitbeard Bluestem Native S5 (State Rank)
Andropogon tracyi Tracy's Bluestem Native Rare-State S2 (State Rank)
Andropogon virginicus var. virginicus Old-field Broomstraw, Broomsedge, "Sedge Grass", "Sage Grass" Native S5 (State Rank)
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
No synonyms found.